When members of the Mongols Motorcycle Club came across a man wearing a Hell\u2019s Angels jacket at a Wamsutter truck stop, the rivalry between the gangs boiled over. Now seven Mongols face felony charges for robbery and intimidation.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
By Clair McFarland<\/p>\n\n\n\n A motorcycle gang rivalry between a Hell\u2019s Angels fan and the Mongols Motorcycle Club in Wamsutter, Wyoming, broke out last month during a confrontation at a local truck stop, authorities say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now a seven Oregon men associated with the Mongols are each facing felony robbery charges and a misdemeanor of intimidating people to advance a street gang\u2019s interests in Sweetwater County District and Circuit courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those charged are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Richard Gonzales, 40<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Bryan Grimaud, 40<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Jereme Paul Robertson, 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 James Royster, 33<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Justin Frank Graham, 41<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Yan Eric Davis, 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Dana Clark, 29<\/p>\n\n\n\n On June 4, a man wearing a black leather vest with patches that said \u201cSupport Hell\u2019s Angels\u201d and \u201cF*** the Rules\u201d pulled up to the Love\u2019s Travel Center in Wamsutter on his Harley Davidson motorcycle, its front wheel decorated with red skulls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The man went into the shop to use the bathroom, and when he came out, a group of men in Mongols attire had surrounded his motorcycle, according to an evidentiary affidavit filed in the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They demanded to see the man\u2019s vest; and they reportedly noticed his Hell\u2019s Angels patch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some Mongols standing behind the motorcyclist removed the vest from his body, the affidavit says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The man then reportedly told the Mongols members they could keep the vest, but he needed the key ring inside the pocket, which included key fobs to his Harley, his Chrysler and other keys and bobbles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But they took the keys and the vest, allegedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of the club members also tried to remove the red skulls from the motorcyclist\u2019s front wheel but they didn\u2019t succeed, the document says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf we see you again it could be bad,\u201d one of the Mongols told the man, the affidavit relates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When speaking with police later, the man said he believed the Mongols took his vest as a trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The man reportedly wasn\u2019t a member of the Hell\u2019s Angels, just a fan of the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sweetwater County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Ana Lindig reviewed Love\u2019s surveillance video and later matched the men\u2019s appearances to their booking photos, the affidavit says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But while the search was on, Lindig and other law enforcement agents found and stopped a cluster of motorcycles riding with a grey truck that was hauling a motorcycle on a trailer, says the document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The riders were wearing Mongols Motorcycle Club vests, and agents found the man\u2019s black vest with the Hell\u2019s Angels patches inside the grey truck with the keys still in its pocket, reportedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All of the Mongols face a felony robbery charge punishable by up to 10 years in prison, and another charge of intimidating people to advance a street gang\u2019s interests, punishable by up to one year in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of the men also face drug charges for alleged drug discoveries pursuant to a warranted search of the truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Davis is accused of possessing more than three 3 of Dextroamphetamine, which police say they found in a black leather toiletry bag found on the truck\u2019s floorboard with Yan Davis\u2019 name embroidered onto it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The possession charge is punishable by up to five years in prison and $10,000 in fines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Court documents accuse Clark of having than 3 grams of cocaine on him, a misdemeanor amount carrying a penalty of up to one year in jail and $1,000 in fines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grimauld could face up to three years in prison and $3,000 in fines on suspicion of trying to sneak 1.7 grams of cocaine into the Sweetwater County Detention Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A deputy was pat-searching Grimaud inside the jail pre-booking area and found a small, clear bag containing a white powdery substance in the right front coin pocket of his pants that tested presumptive positive for cocaine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taking drugs into a jail is punishable by up to three years in prison and $3,000 in fines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One agent allegedly found a sandwich-sized clear baggie containing 7.7 grams of psilocybin mushrooms in Gonzales\u2019 possession, which adds a misdemeanor mushroom charge to his court file. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The men\u2019s cases are ongoing. Grimaud\u2019s case rose to the felony-level Sweetwater County District Court on July 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Royster had an arraignment Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Robertson\u2019s case rose to the felony-level court Tuesday. Graham\u2019s case did the same June 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Davis\u2019 case is still at the circuit court level, but his preliminary hearing is set for July 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gonzales\u2019 preliminary hearing is set for Aug. 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You can’t fix stupid. For one, wearing a motorcycling club style vest is fanboying what organized crime motorcycle clubs have become. And those in that life take wearing colors seriously, as I’ve heard stories of guys going into bars where outlaw MCs were present and being forced to remove their faux colors. 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